Pituophis

Pituophis
San Diego Gopher Snake Pithuophis melanoleucus annectens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Subphylum:	Vertebrata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Colubridae
Subfamily:	Colubrinae
Genus:	Pituophis Holbrook, 1842
Synonyms
Arizona, Churchilla, Coluber, Elaphis, Epiglottophis, Pityophis, Rhinechis, Spilotes

Pituophis is a genus of nonvenomous colubrid snakes commonly referred to as gopher snakes, pine snakes, and bull snakes. Species within the genus are found throughout the United States and Mexico.

Species

• Gopher Snake, Pituophis catenifer
  • Sonoran Gopher Snake, Pituophis catenifer affinis (Hallowell, 1852)
  • San Diego Gopher Snake, Pituophis catenifer annectens Baird & Girard, 1853
  • Central Baja California Gopher Snake, Pituophis catenifer bimaris Klauber, 1946
  • Pacific Gopher Snake, Pituophis catenifer catenifer (Blainville, 1835)
  • Coronado Island Gopher Snake, Pituophis catenifer coronalis Klauber, 1946
  • Great Basin Gopher Snake, Pituophis catenifer deserticola Stejneger, 1893
  • San Martin Island Gopher Snake, Pituophis catenifer fulginatus Klauber, 1946
  • Credos Island Gopher Snake, Pituophis catenifer insulanus Klauber, 1946
  • Santa Cruz Gopher Snake, Pituophis catenifer pumilis Klauber, 1946
  • Bull Snake, Pituophis catenifer sayi (Schlegel, 1837)
  • Cape Gopher Snake, Pituophis catenifer vertebralis (Blainville, 1835)
• Mexican Pine Snake, Pituophis deppei
  • Mexican Pine Snake, Pituophis deppei deppei (Duméril, 1853)
  • Northern Mexican Pine Snake, Pituophis deppei jani (Cope, 1861)
• Middle American Gopher Snake, Pituophis lineaticollis
  • Pituophis lineaticollis gibsoni Stuart, 1954
  • Pituophis lineaticollis lineaticollis (Cope, 1861)
• Pine Snake, Pituophis melanoleucus
  • Black Pine Snake, Pituophis melanoleucus lodingi Blanchard, 1924
  • Northern Pine Snake, Pituophis melanoleucus melanoleucus (Daudin, 1803)
  • Florida Pine Snake, Pituophis melanoleucus mugitus Barbour, 1921
• Louisiana Pine Snake, Pituophis ruthveni Stull, 1929

References

• Genus Pituophis at The Reptile Database
• Accounts of four sub-species P. deppei deppei, P. deppei jani, P. lineaticollis lineaticollis and P. lineaticollis gibsoni are given in William E. Duellman A Taxonomic Study of the Middle American Snake, Pituophis deppei, University of Kansas Publications, Museum of Natural History, Vol. 10, No. 10, pp. 599-610, May 2, 1960.